U.S. Ambassador Yastishock departs post
Ambassador Yastishock departs post on January 16, after two years serving as U.S. Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu. Daniel O’Hara will continue…
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Solomon Islands Assists United States to Repatriate Fallen World War II Service Members
International partners joined U.S. Ambassador Ann Marie Yastishock and LtCol Jeremy Smith, the Indo-Pacific Deputy Director for the Defense P.O.W./M.I.A. Accounting Agency (DPAA), at a repatriation…
Charge d’Affaires William Furnish meets Provincial officials and partners in Malaita province
Chargé d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Honiara William Furnish paid a visit to Auki from 19 to 20 May. The two day visit is to…
Ambassador Yastishock Meets Prime Minister Manele and Foreign Minister Shanel; Visits Partners and Provincial Leaders in Honiara and Central Province
U.S. Ambassador to Solomon Islands Ann Marie Yastishock paid separate courtesy calls on Prime Minister Jeremiah Manele and Foreign Minister Peter Agovaka Shanel on Tuesday, March…
Proposed SI-US development cooperation framework remains undecided
Solomon Islands is still waiting for a United States response to a proposed development cooperation framework between the two countries after three years of submission by…
PM Manele attends memorial ceremonies honoring WWII Heroes
82 years ago today, Guadalcanal Island was the scene of the bloodiest warfare as Allied Forces put on the final campaign to end the Japanese invasion…
First Advisory Council meeting: MCC-Solomon Islands Threshold Program
Members of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Solomon Islands Threshold Program (SITHP) Advisory Council held their inaugural meeting in Honiara yesterday, Wednesday 7 February 2024 to…
U.S Opens Embassy in Honiara
On February 2, 2023, the United States of America officially announced the opening of its embassy in the Solomon Islands. Now, less than a year after…
United States Launches $1 Million UXO Project in Solomon Islands
On December 21, 2022, the Department of State provided $1 million to The HALO Trust (HALO) to launch a comprehensive unexploded ordnance (UXO) project in Solomon…
PM Sogavare Suggests Annual Visit by US Navy Hospital Ship to SI
Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has suggested a possible annual visit to Solomon Islands by the US Navy Hospital Ship MERCY to support the country’s medical services.…